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It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the...
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Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.
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Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined...
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No problem can stand the assault of sustained thinking.
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I have been truthful all along the way. The truth is more interesting, and...